Shingle



Patented Apr. 9, i 1935 em sis-fire PA ENT-ZQFFi CE Application February 8,

This invention rela'tes 'to shingles, and particul'arl y to s" ingles simulating and having the appearance of" brick andshaped= so that they may be applied" to wall as veneer coveringto simulate a 'bricl :wal-l; V i i Onecbject 'o f' the invention is to provide a brick shingleof thistype which may be easily and readily appliedto a wad, and: of such construc-- tiori that willperrnit shingles to be co-operatively disposed and fitted together to cover the wall;

i Ana robjectof the inventionis to provide a shingle of theforegoingcharacter'madeof material resistant to weather, water, and fire such as asbestos or other ingredients having similar resistant characteristics.

In one form of the invention which I describe herein, the completed shingle is made to embody a plurality of portions simulating bricks separated and spaced from each other lengthwise but joined along their side edges toa base strip which serves as the means for securingthe entire integral unit to the wall upon which the covering is tobe disposed. In one form of my invention the continuousbase strip is provided with spaced,

locking bars are not employed on the base strip,

but the brick portions are connected lengthwise by corresponding portions to simulate mortar be tween the bricks. 5

The construction of the shingles and the man.-

ner in which they are assembled are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figures 10., lb and 1c are arrangedin a vertically superposed position to show what may be considered a vertically exploded view of three rows of the brick shingles that are to be joined together;

Figure 2 represents an end elevational view of the three elements shown in Figures 1a, 1b and 1c;

Figure 3 represents a sectional view through the three elements of the component Figures 1a, 1b

Y and lo, taken along the line 33 in those figures;

1932," Serial Nol 59 1,5964 Claims. cries-gs) Figured is a'plan View of the top shingle unit shown in Figure 1a;

Figure 5 is a bottom view of; the lower shingle unit shown in Figure 1b; Q T

Figures 6, and 8 are plan, trontandbottom elevational views of a ifriodified form of the siting-1m ii 3 Figure 9 is anend elevational view of the shingle inFlgure'T; i Figure 101s a, sectional view taken through the shi'nglein Figure '7' along the line XX; and

Figure 1 1 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the shingle elements-are to be assembled. As shown in the drawing, a finished, complete shingle l comprises a plurality of brick-simulating portions 2 spaced or separated from each other longitudinally by narrow spaces 3 and joined along their inner lengthwiseedges to a continuous base or nailing strip 4 that is provided with a plurality of holes 5 by means of which the strip may be nailed in position upon the wall that is to be covered by the brick-simu lating shingles. The shingle is provided with a longitudinally running strip 6 slightly below erly locate adjacent and cooperating shingles,

interlocking bars 7 are provided on the continuous base or nailing strip 4 and these 10- cating bars 1 are raised or extend forward from the front surface of the base 4 so that the front or top surfaces of the locating bars 1 are in the same plane as the front surface of the mortar simulating strip 6. These locating and interlocking bars also serve to simulate mortar be tween the bricks where the bars arelocated.

As may be seen upon reference to the end views as shown in Figure 2, the rear surface of the brick-simulating portions 2; is raised or extends forwardly of the plane of the rear surface of the base 4, a distance corresponding to the thickness of the base strip 4 so that the brick portions of one shingle strip may rest upon,

and be supported by the base strip 4 of an ador portions of the base or nailing strip between the interlocking bars I are removed.

In a further modification which I- consider Within the scope of the present invention, the interlocking bars 1 are not provided on the base strip 4. In that modification, the base 4 is of constant thickness throughout its length and serves merely as a nailing strip to support the brick portions attached to it and as a base for brick portions of an adjoining or superposed shingle. Instead of the spaces 3 between the brick portions 2, integral fillers are provided between the bricks, extending from the plane of the rear surface of the brick portions 2 to a height or distance forward corresponding. to the location of the front plane of the mortar strip 6, in order to give the impression of a mortar cement between the ends of the bricks; The manner in which the shingles of the first modification are interlockingly fitted together, where the interlocking and locating'bars l are employed, is illustrated in the schematic showing in Figure 11. In that case the lower shingle ,is placed in position first and then the upper shingles are fitted over the lower shingles in turn, and nailed in position For the bottom row of such a wall, the spaces between the bricks may be filledin any suitable manner or the brick portions may be sawed off the base strip so that only the base strip will be available as a locating base for the shingles to be superimposed thereon. This arrangement, of course, is not necessary'where the third modification is employed that does not embody the interlocking and locating bars I, but has the equivalents of these bars already located between the brick portions, all attached to a flat nailing strip. In that case the shingles are assembled merely by nailingthem in properly related positions, with the bricks of one strip resting upon the base strip of a lower shingle.

My invention is therefore not limited specifically to the detailed arrangements, that are illustrated in the drawing, since various modifications may be made therein without departraised from the nailing strip, the interlocking bars being of the same width as, and being adapted to fit into, the spaces between the spaced brick portions, on an adjoining shingle.

2. A shingle comprising a. nailing strip having a plurality of brick-simulating portions integrally connected thereto, said" portions being] spaced a predetermined distance from each other,

and anelement on the nailing, strip serving as a positioning bar toguide and locate an adjoining shingle by fitting'between similar brick-simulat- .ing portionsof the adjoining shingle.

ALBERT HOROWITZ. 

